Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Deprive the United States and Great Britain of vital supplies and give Japan possession of raw materials without which she cannot sustain a prolonged war effort...
...sending food to Europeans we help them maintain their courage and sustain their allegiance to democratic ideals. The food would be paid for by the Europeans and sent over in ships, owned, manned, and flagged by the neutral organization, and so the United States is taking no risks. A careful evaluation of the proposition leads to the conclusion that the plan must be supported...
...palm from King George VI. In the middle of the service there was a special prayer: "Most merciful and compassionate God and Father of all men, we commend to Thy loving care and protection the people of Great Britain. In this hour of their need do Thou strengthen and sustain them. Guard and save them from the violence of their enemies...
...upon us to say what we will do. Who shall live up to the great trust? Who dares fail to try? I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men, to my side. God helping me, I will not fail them, if they will but counsel and sustain...
...dangers on the other are equally menacing and real. To equate the status quo with perfection has been the insidious disease of every civilization. To stifle criticism is the method of all who have privilege and enjoy it. It is the method by which a ruling class endeavors to sustain through the generations its rights and power. Complacency will sap the courage of a nation as readily as will destructive self-criticism...